After rebirth, the prince will fight in the house for me

The gloomy atmosphere in the Lu Mansion lasted until March of Yangchun. As Hua Wanxin's coffin was buried, the thorough investigation of the imperial merchants came to an end, and the momentum gradually became clearer.

On this day, Lu Wenjing, Tang Shuli, Lu Junwan, and Jiang Yunching all came to Fengyage, bringing a lot of spring tea and spring bamboo shoots that had just been picked from other places.

Ke Yan and Xiao Ning made good tea with tea tips, and Tang Shuli made some snacks herself. The group of people drank tea and chatted casually in the yard, but no one mentioned anything about their deceased eldest sister-in-law. .

"In the past few months, Liu Quan has been biting all the major royal merchants like a mad dog. Not to mention the Chen family, the Song family, our Lu family has suffered a lot of losses."

Lu Wenjing drank a few cups of tea. Thinking of the situation a few months ago and the current predicament of the Lu family, he couldn't help but turn his mind to Qu Yunchu.

"It takes the second sister-in-law to restrain this Eunuch Liu. Although she allowed the second brother to discount 20 taels of silver last year, the entire Textile Department's supervision of the major imperial merchants was relaxed for a long time, and it also helped our Lu family to rectify Businesses everywhere have gained a lot of time.”

Listening to this, Qu Yunchu couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Why, the Fourth still wants me to go gamble with Liu Quan?"

Lu Junwan's face tightened and he kept looking at Lu Wenqian: "This is not a long-term solution. In the final analysis, we have to manage the Lu family from the root. The actions of the major imperial merchants in recent years have long been outraged by people and gods. Even without Liu Quan, the imperial court Other officials will also be sent to suppress the imperial merchants."

"Although Third Sister's words are reasonable, our Lu family's handicap is too big. It's difficult to rectify it all at once, but Liu Quan chose the Ming family. In order to compete with the major families these years, we only focus on ability. Regardless of their character, they have also recruited a lot of dirty people to the board, which can be described as a mixed bag."

Lu Wenjing carefully looked at Lu Wenqian and saw that his expression was not strange, so he dared to continue:
"In addition, there are also many unsatisfactory members of the clan who, together with their friends, relatives and sisters-in-law, collude with the government and prey on the people in the local area. Previously, the second brother also wanted to control these chaos, but there were unforeseen circumstances. Now Yan Chao takes over as the head of the family. , he has completely lost his tolerance for these people."

Lu Wenqian had no interest in the Lu family's business for a long time, and he just smiled sympathetically when he heard the fourth child's complaints.

His gentle smile made Jiang Yunqing complain.

"Brother hasn't been out recently. I'm afraid he doesn't know how vicious Crescent Academy's comments are against our Lu family. They say that our Lu family is the emperor of Tanzhou City and has no regard for the emperor at all. However, Yan Chao didn't know how to restrain himself and kept getting worse. I heard that he recently almost had a fight with Chen Yingnan’s son at the Tanzhou Prefecture pier in order to compete with the Chen family for the purchase of imperial armaments and the imperial port shipping business. In the end, the newly appointed prefect came forward to alleviate the matter."

Jiang Yun frowned slightly and told everything he had heard recently, and involuntarily thought of some old things in his mind:

"If my sister-in-law is still here, she can take care of this kid. Now I am afraid that only my brother can come forward and he can listen to a few words."

The words were meant to be a test, but they immediately aroused Lu Junwan’s dissatisfaction:

"What are you talking about? Who can listen to what Yanchao says now? The second brother is living a leisurely life now. Why do you want him to go to this muddy water?"

Lu Junwan was well aware of his nephew's ambition. Since his sister-in-law passed away, the empress in the palace treated him more favorably. Yan Chao seemed to have more confidence in his actions and began to become arbitrary.

No one in the entire Lu family knew that their uncle and nephew were at odds. At this time, asking the second brother to persuade the nephew was not deliberately seeking to cause discomfort.

"Yun Qing's heart is good for the Lu family."

Lu Wenqian's face was indifferent, and he smiled lightly: "However, Yan Chao has his own reasons for doing things, you just need to keep your heart."

Jiang Yunqing was confused when he heard these words, but Lu Wenjing understood the deeper meaning.

Indeed, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Lu Yanchao has always felt that he is the successor of the Lu family. Now that he has gained power, how can he tolerate others telling him what to do?

On the contrary, it was the second brother's current situation that made him a little worried.

"I heard my mother mention it earlier. The eunuch said that he wanted his second brother to go to Shangjing to recuperate. Since the second brother has resigned as the head of the family, why not take his second sister-in-law to Shangjing to stay for a while."

Lu Wenjing wanted him to leave the place of right and wrong for a while, so he remonstrated tactfully.

"Going to the capital, don't tell me that I seldom set foot here, I'm afraid your second sister-in-law won't like it either." Lu Wenqian glanced at Qu Yunchu with a thoughtful look, and changed the subject calmly: "Can Madam's annual salary be paid back?" Is it enough? I'll ask Ji Zhen to cash in some banknotes for you tomorrow?"

Want to exchange banknotes again?
Jiang Yunqing felt indignant after hearing this.

How long has it been since the 50 taels of silver were allocated just before the New Year's Day? Do you need to add new year's money?

"Ahem, brother, the second sister-in-law is a woman after all. I think I am more suitable for the hard work of saving the Lu family and pleasing Liu Zhizao."

Jiang Yunqing shamelessly requested.

Lu Wenqian, however, paid no attention to his new son-in-law and stared at Qu Yunchu, only her in his eyes.

Qu Yunchu knew that this crazy guy was going to start acting again.

And he didn't do it for the Lu family, just to maintain his image of being weak and unable to take care of himself.

It's a pity that the white money has to be given to the old eunuch again.

She really wanted to send the money directly to Jiuyun Mountain. After a few rounds, the money for the construction of the Taoist temple would be completely collected, and she would save herself the trouble of raising donations.

Well, he was under the eaves, so he had to do it when he should have done it for him.

"The officials know that I am used to spending a lot of money, so how can I spend the 50 taels of silver? Fortunately, I rarely go out recently, and I have never met a confidant like Eunuch Liu. Otherwise, I might be gone in the blink of an eye. "

This time, she actually said loudly: "How about the official give me another 50 taels?"

Hearing this, everyone present looked embarrassed.

"No, Second Sister-in-law, how big are your hands and feet? 50 taels of silver is not enough for you?"

Jiang Yun pursed his lips and said, "I heard that you stole 60 taels of silver from Yan Chao and You Ning. If you are a worry-free person, this money will be enough for you to spend several lifetimes."

"No, Jiang Yunqing, why does your son-in-law always get in the way of things between me and the officials?"

Qu Yunchu said deliberately coquettishly.

Regarding this matter, she couldn't even care about Lu Sanniang, and she would never care about the feelings of a little son-in-law.

Seeing the embarrassed faces of everyone, Lu Wenqian covered his mouth and coughed several times.

She was just talking, but she actually climbed up the ladder.

This is really going to bankrupt yourself.

But thinking about the current situation, all he had in his hand was silver. He stretched out his hand towards Jizhen and said without hesitation: "Listen to my wife, I will redeem another 50 taels of silver notes tomorrow."

Siblings Lu Junwan and Lu Wenjing couldn't say anything more. After all, the elder brother paid for it himself, and he had praised his second sister-in-law so highly before. Even if she loses this million taels of silver again, I'm afraid she won't be able to blame her. Come.

Now we can only hope that Yanchao will succeed and take care of all the Lu family's businesses early, and not let the Textile Department find faults again.